mallooeeeoniaaaiiill Arnuary 7 Iron Production Aided. He paid tribute to the Conserva-- tive Administration which passed a bonus bill to encourage the develop-- ment of iron production in the Sault Ste. Marie district. As a result of that and a subsequent ore subsidy, J 4000 men were gain{fully employed s | and Canadian--produced iron was } HEPBURN HINTS 'competing successfully with that of England and the United States. Furthermore, as a result of the ore subsidy passed by his Govern-- , moent, said the Premier, Sir James % i Dunn of the Algoma Steel Corpora-- WI" PrOb.bly FO"OW tion had been able to go before the O'"O\VO. He SOYS: BCCRS War Supply Boar';i an;l declare t:al. [ i i to meet the needs of war produc-- SUCCOSSIOI'I Du*'es AC* tion, it was possible to step up pro-- i duction by 1,700 tons per day. The Premier believed the Govern-- NEEDS AMENDMENT ment was deserving of no little ainaiaaias credit for having controlledl cx:t)lon; & 5 Ks ditures. He was confident, also, tha Amendm:'-ntu'l lholmomc'l'a\'/?(t by careful administration, even in to make life insurance annuities time of war, home owners could be taxable, in line with tax changes relieved in some measure of the forecast for enactment at Ottawa's tax burden. first wartime session, was hinted Points to Savings. yesterday tby Premier Hepburn in Talut. R debate on the Addres sin reply to hezhcp::";:.cug:\f:;l?g"i:fi:vggQ:'he; i:'e';zifm(;: from the Throne in the | Province last year of the difference in] 9 n between $12,000,000 and $7,550,000, We follow the Dominion Gosk he said. During the period of Hydro ernment (?urly .'T'°52"' on Axing administration under fire of the Op-- legislation," he s"'g' and will prob-- position, rates to rural consumers ably do the same nmikn : were reduced, "and 113,000 farm * Except. for an avowed intention homes are calling this Government % of M es Wl amendment to the blessed because it reduced rates." Succession Duties Act, rath'er t_hap The elimination of the provision face ar:ioth'r I('ourt <'°!"'°'"f'>' * ) | that payment for purchased power mas _ fhe only menglor_\ C ",'?' might be made on call in New York langes in the Pr?m'e" addross. funds saved the Province last year Rather, the Premier emphasized $429,000, he said fhe Government's policy of con | "I' an'1 .not fe'arful of facing the trolling expenditures and stroessed lect f Ontario when we make that the Governrment was not quar-- electors ? ndar "i contemplat-- relling witn the inroads made on a: appeaa-l;gnbelniggg t;a:wher{) we Provincial sevenue by Fedcral taxa-- :; ';1°'V"'"" Ive us the SAme Stmash» tion arising from war expenditures. | 40 tNCY Will &1 id in the histor Defending the record of his ad-- ing victory they did in the "stor_lc ini ; r C £ 1934 and 1937," said ministration over the past five :wamr})?tgl;s hg * years, Mr. Hepburn first dealt with _| * 'li;heepd:br:l.e was sdjourned by g'oi.fls.:;,c:::m;"ml)%g:fi fi:tder T:;:: Colonel Fraser Hunter (Liberal, S}. s most vicious atiack by those who Patrick). The Premier said that, if opposed the coliection of tiw suo» it was impossible to imroduce a su(-- cession duties. I have been labelled f::(';';l\l) l';'éfi;!"\-'fi'fi;';e ?fifimfi?uig a blackmailer due to" the a'lleged might continue with the debate. f viciousness ct the act," he said. h Hits Abuse 0o: S;ystem. He said the sct was a necessity as "a levelling out process" and de-- fended the capitalistic system, "if it was not abused. But some great capitalists nire lawyers to find every means porsible to evade pay-- ment of the taxes, and we are con-- stantly trying to catch them in our net." Premier Hepburn reviewed the action taken on the bill during the special session last fall, and said that "in order to keep abreast of the times," the act would be amended during the present session. '"We did everything possible to make the bill foolproof during the last session," he said. "The Attor-- ney--General's Department employed i outside legal talent in drafting the measure. It was then turned over to Treasury Department officials to see if it worked in practice, and they f expressed some doubt. Rather than face another court controversy, we have decided to amend it." Ontario, said the Premier, was L leading the way on the continent to-- ward eradication of tuberculosis. Even now, he said, on the evidence of doctors, the effects of the com-- pulsory pasteurization bill had had effect in reducing the number of cases of bovine tuberculosis in the hospitals.